Jordan Belfort
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
By the time before the movie came out, I was getting over $100,000.
Yes, the same people who were promoting Tony were promoting me around the world, right?
And I had this massive, so it wasn't nearly like it is today.
Obviously, right?
But back then I was doing really, really well.
So what happened was there was this four-year gap
And they bought it in 2007.
So when the first script was written, it ended with me going to jail.
That was the end of the movie.
There was no sell me this pen.
And there was no commercials with the straight line.
Remember the straight line?
That didn't exist.
Because I didn't teach the straight line on TV before...
But what happened was when four years passed, Leo comes to my house now.
When he came to my house the first time, I was living in a tiny little house, okay?
Like a little tiny house.
I had an apartment, like it was probably $2,000 a month, right?
And four years later, he goes, I'm coming over.
Let's celebrate.